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Making the Cut: How Cosmetic Surgery is Transforming Our Lives Paperback – June 25, 2008

by Anthony Elliott (Author)

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From London to New York, Madrid to Melbourne, Singapore to Tehran, the demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring. Botox injections, collagen fillers, breast implants, microdermabrasion, mini face-lifts: extreme reinvention is all the rage. For better or worse, ours is the era of cosmetic surgical culture.

In this captivating book, which draws upon research conducted in Europe, America and Australasia, social commentator Anthony Elliott investigates the rise and rise of cosmetic surgery, lucidly reviewing recent developments in celebrity culture and the consumer industries, which many argue are responsible for the popularity of cosmetic and surgical forms of extreme reinvention. Yet it is not just cultural forces advancing the makeover industries: Elliott shows that cosmetic surgical culture has become increasingly global in our own time as a result of major institutional changes dominating public life in Western societies. He provocatively argues that personal vulnerabilities have reached the point where people turn to surgical culture in an effort to reinvent themselves and improve their life prospects

Making the Cut paints a disturbing social portrait of a global culture held in thrall to immediacy, where cosmetic surgical enhancements of the body are fundamental to new forms of self-design and self-improvement.

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"Elliott makes a lot of interesting points and connections between the 'desires' of the individual and the needs of the global economy (newer, thinner, faster) and how those things are being carved into our flesh. Indeed, while reading it, you can't but think you are watching the birth of an 'expert.' . . . His mind works in intriguing ways."

(Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times 2008-06-18)

About the Author

Anthony Elliott is Chair of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, and Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Open University. He is the co-author with Charles Lemert of The New Individualism, and he has written for the Irish Times, Daily Telegraph, and Sydney Morning Herald.

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Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: Reaktion Books; 1 edition (June 25, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 186189371X
ISBN-13: 978-1861893710
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 1 customer review
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,347,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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